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7 November 2012

Anatta Teachings - 01

Anatta Teachings

Anatta
or Selfless Teachings or Motto Quotes

of
Thabarwa Sayadaw U Ottamasara

Part - One

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Benefits Realized By Own
Efforts

Your actions (kamma) will give you the same results.

The action of killing will give you the result of being killed.

The action of blame will result in being blamed.

The action of anger will result in suffering from anger.

Do not utter vile and indecent speech, because you will suffer the same reaction.

Do not quarrel, for it will cause only suffering.

Ill deeds do not result in quick reaction like fresh milk, which do not turn sour immediately. It is like fire cinders covered with ash, which burn and follow the evil doers.

ReduceTalking

One good spoken word is much better and brings peace and virtue, thanone thousand useless words.

Quarrelling and arguing will not bring inner peace and tranquility. It will only bring spite, conceit, and jealousy.

Those who accuse others of being a rogue, villain and fool is never a person of virtue. Because they vainly believe that only their policies are right and others are wrong.

Emphasize On One’s Own Power

When
one meets an industrious and virtuous person or friend, who chooses the right
path of virtue and morality, you should make company with him although you will
meet difficulty or troubles.

You Will See What You Look

In this mundane universe, there is no one free from praise or blame in the past, in the present or in the future.

There are some who regards Dhamma which is virtuous as immoral, and Dhamma which is immoral as virtuous. All these people are egoistic self-centered people. As such who can say which policy is justifiable or which policy is wrong?

If a person were to become evil, or faulty, there will be no one in the universe whose policy is good at all. Everyone will say only their policy is good and all others are evil.

Giving emphasis to the defined wrong is truly defilement and passion (Kilesa). Giving emphasis to the defined right is also defilement and passion.

If you breed evil mind, whatever you see will be wrong.

If you breed good mind, whatever you will see will be good.

What you see depends on your mind formation.

Change of mind will effect change of your insight.

Even though your deed is good, if you look with an evil mind, you will see evil.

Even though your deed is evil, if you look with a good mind you will see no evil.

The Bondage That Binds Without
Knowing

Those who believe and say that only their doctrine and policy is pure, rightand noble, they bind themselves with various dogmas and doctrines.

All doctrines with future promises and prophesies shall be used as objects to be discarded finally. All doctrines pointing future time and place shall be used as objects to be discarded finally.

Rely Only On Noble Practice As
True Support

Grief and worry can bring futility in life. It will not bring peace of mind but increase suffering.

Only by contemplating on good thought, deeds and words, you will solve the problem of suffering. There is no other way to root out such evil.

Those who do not regard materials as my own possession, or his own possession, has no attachment and craving, will not suffer for loss of those which truly is not his own.

It is not proper or right to do things you will later suffer or weep.

You should do deeds which will bring no future regret or remorse, but bring only joy and happiness.

You should not kill any living being intentionally, even when you know that it will harm you, you do so in self-defense.

Revenge will never bring peace. Only by lovingkindness (metta) enmity can be solved. This is the immutable natural law.

There is no other noble practice like forbearance and patience in this universe.

Only through self admonition and noble practice you will have true support.

The best and safest protection is your meritorious deed.

You must know how to perfect yourself only through practicing what is perfect. You must know how to train yourself in the ways of perfection only through self training.

You must know how to walk the true perfect path only by practicing how to walk on the true perfect path.

Purification Is The Main
Criteria

When you are soiled with dirt of attachment, lust and passion, it will be uselessonly by washing your exterior physical body (rupa khanda).

You can hope to achieve noble purity, only by contemplating on true noble Dhamma and practice.

Beware Of Misusing Your Mind

Beware of the misconception of the mind and strive towards freedom from errors.

Problems of the mind occur because of dogmatic misuse of the true state of mind.

What is more important than the resulting effects of the mind is the causation.

Cause And Effect

The more youplace high expectationthe more you will be frustrated.

The more you love, the bitter is your hatred.

Do not be too attached. Learn to sacrifice.

Do not be greedy. Increase your merit and generosity.

Things do not happen because of desire only. It happens because we make it happen.

Daily activities to participate ….

ThaBarWa Centre or ThaBarWa Yeiktha is an ideal place for learning and practicing meditation as well as for helping others who have physical and mental limitations and difficulties.

Our center takes care of everybody, regardless of age, race and religion, who cannot support themselves and survive on their own due to various reasons and at the same time teaching them how to meditate and purify their mind.

The population of our centre is more than 2,500. By staying at our centre, you will have plenty of chances to experience and participate in the following activities …

1. Following the monks in their daily alms rounds and helping in distributing the alms food to infirm, old folks and meditators.

2. Taking care of and assisting infirm or old folks with their chores.

3. Visiting branches of ThaBarWa Centres (across Myanmar).

4. Learning Burmese culture and the people.

5. Attending insight meditation session and classes.

6. Helping in the kitchen, cooking and distributing food.

7. Helping in the health care, in the clinics and wards.

8. Helping in the library.

9. Assisting Venerable with management, IT and technology.

10. Visiting the mercy villages which were established (by ThaBarWa) for homeless and needy families and individuals.

11. Sharing your language, IT and technology knowledge and expertise with adults and Children of our centre.

Sayadaw Ashin Ottamasara

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Biography

Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara was born in Katha, Sagaing Division, Myanmar on Sunday 26th October 1969.

Since his youth he placed full value on education. He passed Matriculation in 1986 with flying colors. After completing a B.A (English, Honors) from the University of Yangon in 1992, he became a young entrepreneur and successful businessman within a short period of time.

Faced with difficulties and frustrations in running a complex business for 7 years, he sought refuge in the Dhamma in 1999. With the help of a Dhamma friend, he entered the Mogok Meditation Centre at Insein Monastery for a five-day meditation retreat, becoming initiated in Dhamma contemplation and practice.

From February 1999 to January 2002 he deeply concentrated on meditation. He became so devoted to Dhamma that he was able to reduce his business calmly, without much attachment.

For the propagation of Dhamma he donated all the assets he had accumulated during 6 years of entrepreneurship. He then concentrated on charity, morality and insight contemplation to find the perfect Truth.

In 2002, he was ordained in Yangon by Sayadaw U Nayyasagara and started to teach Vipassana Insight Meditation.

Today, Sayadaw teaches Dhamma and Guided Vipassana Insight Meditation in various institutions, schools, hospitals and individual residences in Myanmar and other countries.

Sayadaw remains a well-known name throughout the shores of Myanmar and beyond.

Thabarwa is a place for everyone!!

Thabarwa Center is a non-profit humanitarian organization working for a noble cause.

We provide a home sweet home for everybody (both for locals and foreigners alike), unconditionally.

We open 24 hours a day, seven days a week without recess.

The activities of Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara and Thabarwa Center are wide and various, serving the spiritual and physical needs of thousands from far and near.

More and more visitors from all over Myanmar and abroad are coming daily to visit, learn meditation and volunteer their skills and time in caring for those taking refuge at Thabarwa Center.

Good deeds at Thabarwa

• Providing refuge not only for meditators but also for the old aged, homeless, orphans, loners, infirm and the people with physical and mental difficulties.

• Currently more than 2,500 people (as of October 2015) taking refuge at our centre.

• Providing health care, food, clothing, shelter, clean water for cooking and drinking, etc. and offering aids and support for free of charge.

• Solving day to day problems of centre residents, meditators, volunteers and visitors.

• Communicating and cooperating with volunteers, charities, non-profit organizations and philanthropists from Myanmar and abroad.

• Conducting daily Vipassana Insight Meditation and Dhamma Talks.

• Conducting retreats in the traditions of renowned vipassana meditation masters. All the meditation methods are being utilized without attachment to any particular method.